Family tree Damhuis » Anna Maria Cornelia Wolters (1885-????)

Birthday November 3, 1885

• The temperature on November 3, 1885 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic singer and activist († 1952)
• 1882 » Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer († 1956)
• 1884 » Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1968)
• 1887 » Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet († 1964)
• 1890 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary († 1943)
• 1890 » Harry Stephen Keeler, American author († 1967)